Anodonta
Genus of bivalves
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Anodonta is a genus of freshwater mussels in the family Unionidae, the river mussels.
| Anodonta Temporal range: | |
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| A live duck mussel, Anodonta anatina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Unionida |
| Family: | Unionidae |
| Tribe: | Anodontini |
| Genus: | Anodonta Lamarck, 1799 |
Species (and previous species)
Species in this genus include:
- Anodonta anatina Linné, 1758 – duck mussel
- Anodonta beringiana Middendorff, 1851 – Yukon floater; now Beringiana beringiana
- Anodonta californiensis I. Lea, 1852 – California floater
- Anodonta cataracta Say, 1817 – eastern floater; now Pyganodon cataracta
- Anodonta cowperiana I. Lea, 1840 – barrel floater
- Anodonta cygnea Linné, 1758 – swan mussel
- Anodonta dejecta Lewis, 1875 – woebegone floater; synonym for A. californiensis
- Anodonta gibbosa Say, 1824 – inflated floater; now Pyganodon gibbosa
- Anodonta hartfieldorum J. D. Williams, Bogan & Garner, 2009 [1]- Cypress Floater
- Anodonta heardi M. E. Gordon and Hoeh, 1995 – Apalachicola floater; now Utterbackia heardi
- Anodonta imbecillis Say, 1829 – Paper pondshell ; now Utterbackia imbecillis [2]
- Anodonta implicata Say, 1829 – alewife floater; now Utterbackiana implicata [3]
- Anodonta kennerlyi I. Lea, 1860 – western floater
- Anodonta nuttalliana Lea, 1838 – winged floater
- Anodonta oregonensis I. Lea, 1838 – Oregon floater
- Anodonta peggyae Johnson, 1965 – Florida floater; now Utterbackia peggyae
- Anodonta pseudodopsis Locard, 1883 – synonym for A. anatina [4]
- Anodonta suborbiculata Say, 1831 - flat floater; now Utterbackiana suborbiculata [3]
- Anodonta wahlamatensis I. Lea, 1838 – Willamette floater; synonym for Anodonta nuttalliana[5]
